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Two men disguised in burqas attack a mosque in Kabul while former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is inside. The attackers killed a civilian and injured two others before being shot dead by security guards. Hekmatyar was not injured in the attack.
2022-12-2

The Taliban's religious police orders barbers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province and Kabul to stop trimming beards.
2021-09-26

Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Government Media and Information Centre, is assassinated in Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility for the killing, saying that Menapal "was punished for his actions".
2021-08-6

A suicide bomber kills at least five people and injures ten more near government offices in Kabul. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
2017-04-12

The Taliban claims responsibility for a car bomb attack near the Spanish embassy in Kabul. At least one Spanish security officer is killed.
2015-12-11

A bombing outside the Kabul police academy kills at least 20 people with the Taliban claiming responsibility.
2015-08-7

A Taliban suicide bomb attack on a Turkish government vehicle in Kabul kills at least one person.
2015-02-26

A large bomb explodes in Afghan capital Kabul resulting in at least three deaths of international troops and five injuries.
2014-09-16

A suicide attack attacks a Shiite shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul during the festival of Ashura, resulting in at least 50 people killed and hundreds injured. Hours later another attack takes place at Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 4.
2011-12-6

Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, reacts to the deaths of 9 civilians in a NATO air strike by telling the organization that attacks on insurgents in Afghan homes is "not allowed".
2011-05-31